King Parish, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far northwest New South Wales, [1] Australia. [2]
The parish is located at 29°47′23″S 142°00′00″E / 29.78972°S 142.00000°E near Tibooburra. The geography of Stewart is mostly the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country.
The parish is on the traditional lands of the Wadigali and Malyangaba people [3] and to a lesser extent Karenggapa, [4] Aboriginal peoples. [5]
April 1529 Spain and Portugal divided the world between themselves with the Treaty of Zaragoza, their dividing line passed through the parish.
Charles Sturt passed by the parish during 1845, [6] and camped at Preservation Creek to the north for six months.
In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed to the east. [7]
Gold was discovered nearby in the Albert Goldfield in 1880. [8] In June 1902 a large meteorite landed at nearby Mt Brown. [9] Temperatures in the area can reach 50 °C.
King Parish, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far northwest New South Wales, [1] Australia. [2]
The parish is located at 29°47′23″S 142°00′00″E / 29.78972°S 142.00000°E near Tibooburra. The geography of Stewart is mostly the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country.
The parish is on the traditional lands of the Wadigali and Malyangaba people [3] and to a lesser extent Karenggapa, [4] Aboriginal peoples. [5]
April 1529 Spain and Portugal divided the world between themselves with the Treaty of Zaragoza, their dividing line passed through the parish.
Charles Sturt passed by the parish during 1845, [6] and camped at Preservation Creek to the north for six months.
In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed to the east. [7]
Gold was discovered nearby in the Albert Goldfield in 1880. [8] In June 1902 a large meteorite landed at nearby Mt Brown. [9] Temperatures in the area can reach 50 °C.